Bead-ornamented parallel-blade grille



. March 26, 1935. L. B. GREEN 1,996,046 4 w BEADr ORNAMENTED PARALLELBLADE GRILLE Filed sept. 29, i934 PatentedMar. 26, 19.35 i i y l y l y y'Y Lee BQ G1-een; ,'Iialxevyood, Dhio, assignor. to The y y e 4 lGlobe.Machi1e`& .Stamping Company, Cleveland,0hio, acpi-poration of Ohioe Application September 29, 1934, Serial No. .746,2J17f-V I .4

y l 'f '1claims;(01.;` 18s-82) Y l My .irivention 'relates to grilles'or 'guardsflin- Figfl isfa fragmentary frontelevation ofr a Whihthe/grille bladesV extend stilistan'tially'pa'r-VV Agrille having`frontal` cross-bars attached Vto;up' allel toene another and are' of avrearwardly'open right grille bladessaccording vto my invention,"

e Ursectionigrillkes offthiscia'ss being new used' ex'. including an'adjacent portion of a radiator shell -f .5t1SYe1Y..fQ1"euardingtheffrohtalbiriadmitting' front. w v il l f.apertures the'fradiator shells: of-[passenger *'Fg" 2 `is anenlargedrear. elevation of the por- @filternOb'ilesl` When:thusfused'eaeh' such 'gri11`e tion of lthe. same grille Within thedotted outline alsoimprovesthe'frontaljappeararice'ofthe auto-A0f1Fig.1'. 1i l j :nobile and'partially oonoeals thejra'diator core-Fg. 3. is y'anenlarged section. taken along the. 19?., behind it; andthe extent to Wh'iehf*thegfi11edei*` lin'e 313 ofFigsnlfor 2..jl a l0tratsthe attention 'from' the radiator. core `is'en` Fig. 4 is asimilarly enlarged section taken along hanc'edwhen the grille .alsoi'mludes"bladecon?. the line 4-4-0f'FgS 1 Gr.2-

f l y nesting members extending transversely vof the Fgf iS alSeCtOrltaken along'iihe line 5-5 0f blades' Figs. 201 5,drawn on the same scaleas Fig. 4.

. 15,4 gfltof. thefsti'ffness df Y,sii-elifUk-'Seetionedvv Figw` is anenlarged sectiontaken along the 15d y'bhidesf relatively fewfandwidelyspacedjrosse line-6 6 OffFignl. l j

lllaTSf.Sl OIaOITdingthe needed rigidity in; l"Ilis a/fragmentaryzsideelevation ofl one thelgrilleasja who1e,`ndfpartieumrly'@when of theU-seetioned-lblades,` showing` the spaced, eahfvcrossr-barhals.SlOtSthrough whieh'th'e' rear- S101S` Wfd I'OIIS Ofi'bOthUewebQofyeaclf.1 .blade ex-y -Fig. 8 isk an enlarged `eher/ationbf afSlottedf20tend. However, such a .dispositionof Ithe cross- POIOYi-Of a bladeybars. causes rthe major portionsoflthese bars 'to f l Figre. is anenlarged.perspectiveivew ofxfthe` be frearwardfof .tlie'blades 'therebymaking Ithe grille portion'within thedottedoutline B ofFig. 1. fcross-bars farless effective in imp'rm/ing.the"ap- .FgS. 10y and .11`are sections-'0f Ornamentng t 25., pearaneeof the grille andinoneewglirig'1-,113l radi: crossbars,lshewing other. shapings thanthose of 25 45;.; ingany Welding, soldering orriyeting operations. metalvto across-section, resemblingthat of an 45.

3.1501? corethanfwouldbelthegcasejif.eachgrosse.. Fig. A'3.' e bar hadits' 'forward portionlin 'the Q'same 'suffaee vvlig. 12 is aperspective-view'of abortion of the with the `mqst forwardhportionsofthe blades".` rearward cross-.bar in'Figs. 1, LLand-5; f ndedhaVBfOlmfdth'fa/ mllhgiealterjenhanc` Fig. 13`Lis1asection takentransversely of the 30., leger-the. @ppeamneejoffthe griuirweuid be010.A blade'portion shown irl-Fig. `atmough thesiot soJ6.aine'd1loy'.",di s'lyifosing"transverse 'strips fvffprghtly inthat.b1ade. .f finishedbeadingy or' rnuldirig iIffIOlifOf the grille Inthe illustrated fragmentxof-"a flat-.fronted blades, 'and .thatthe"appearane"pffajpmudr grille for spanningthe usualv` aperture in avra-rblades grillejfis additionally" 'improved ifufsuehf diatorshellzfront11,`1lig.l1 showsthe grilleas in-v 3 5Y conspicuous stripsalso concea'rthe 'use I'blade. CludnefU.secti0ned upright bladespresenting 35 eor'irieetingeross-bars@. 'y j y f' j; approximatelyparallel Webs B1 .connected at their'.Generally'fspeakingfrnyinventonainis tonproforvsrard-edgesbyL aforwardlyfconvexed U-back Ydejsirnple and inexpensivefrronta.1fgrille'orna'-' B2; Each ofthe said blades has similarly spacedmentin'g" Ycross-bars adapted lto' begfastene'dto slots S of uniformWidth extending rearwardly` f 40.`r rearwardly. openUf'sectionedfgrilleblades. and "intoit,;rearwardly.fas shown in Fig, r7,these slots 40 l alsoaim's'to'proyide.the grillebladeswith 'simple beingsimilarly. spaed in the sew/feral blades so andf'ea,S1137."` madeformations` which *will vpermit thatthey alinelongitu/dinally of theslots; .l suchjernarl'rentin'geross-barstoij en attached y-These bladesarecross-eonnected bycrossQ-bars' speedily and rinlyto the bladeswithout r'equir-f each of which isformed by rolling a Strip f`sl1eet waddition,`'.rny:,invention'aims` to; provide a Ordinary springcottei'lhavingkquite shortfshanks.

blade'and croSS-bar rassehbly 'Whichyvillypermit In other Words, theinitially flatl stripis formed'l e the iu'se vof auxiliary. ornannnting`mouldings Sd that its longitudinal edgev portions formk ltwovlllllfrljdeiile'd'; and'whichwill readily permit c er-f flat andcontiguous Websvf3` connected respective-Al t'ai orn'arnentin'gcross-'bars to he positioned lyat theirr inner edges' by anincomplete'tubefi, V59."

l Where they concealthe. lmore -rearward blade; as showniin'Fig. 9. e..Y con'nectingy bars.'withoutjinterfering,with ra Ucon-` .When each of'thefrontal slotsS. in 'thefblades enient vattaching of' such rearwardcross-.bars to isofa Width not smaller than, and desirablyclosetheblades. j. e n I 'j .l ly approximatingthejointthicknessof the two,"Illurs'trative of embodimentsy ofjhrny invention, Webs 3 o fv across-bar, this double-Wehbed portion the slots of all of-` the bladeswhich it is to con-fl v sectioned cios loverlapping Webs into thecorresponding 'slotsinv cross-balrsqfrv ani-externa Widthizsrsmeeieg theextreme depth d= (Fig.13)@ofgeachsuchslot,

the convexed kfront' of the, blade'` as shown Tn' "B the cross-bar arejointly` cnvexeditoward; t k

can readily be slid overithistublanifront =part,.4`,f

' eachother to.hookbhind'thelrearwardipartsAa ib molding tombe attachedwithoutthe use of aux@ -1 ilia'ry fasteningelementstoneven of. tools.This Moreovelg si-nce. ther voverlapping` lwebs ofcotte'r-sectioned'cross-barsnecessarily;extendrinto s {eahbladefor onlya fraction of the total kde`pth.:'lA

" back nand betweenthefchannel. websiQb lfof that Yam attachedstiffening .cross-bars neededr for a `given assemblage of blades can bequite small when l these blades are'also cross-connected by'V my fronta1bars,` and these frontal bars also can bemade l' of quitethin metal, K'l V Y Memisa @egress-Secre?. Sulle' tubular-part of, lmges'enascrossfbagsgar evred; as fsh'ownj fo''f` exalnp e -by the," vesctiondfrontal partl'of the'crossbar of Fi`g. 11, and thefrontal afrt can evenbe flattened, asshown at 11 in.

of the Ycross-bar can readily be slid rearwardly intoV neet. To insurean adequate inserting of these the blades, I preferablymakehthe Webs 3of the so that the free edges'of both wbs a fse't on the bottom ofeachslot to` limitvtheir insertion andr so that the vmost.reariifardparts of the said tubu' lar portion of the cross-barwLthen-hearlainstFig. 3.

ofthe Theoverlapping s l. do Webs 4 lwhich aredisposed behind theylgbaclmof, v; eachfblade are then priedvjapartwand vbent away When therearward forwardly; disposed'if.incomp1eteftubulari Darts-:of

miam e lor even snapped over.,itlithisimoldinghasi its longitudinaledge. lportionsi \6a recuruemtowud;

of the tubular p ortion ofthe criossbar,"7 as-showni i n1ig-.v 4.`A'Ihus nifyrlaboyelideseribed 'bldeigand crossbar 'assemblyreadilypermits Ian auxiliary.;

molding 6 can then be of chrom-platedfmetal or Vstainless steel, m;ofsome other co1or` or finish contrasting withthat oLtheblades'.'.;i.f.,

uvre-113). ofV eachbmde stiaening and grmessupf j amv tachedtothe'rearw'ardportion's ofithe bladesand L Mise therearwardiportions'of b oth of itabladeiwebsB of the two webs `of.thesaid one ornamenting member.

5. A grille comprising spaced and substantially rparallel blades ofrearwardly open U- section pre'- senting their U-backs in a commonfrontal suring vtwo flatwise contiguous webs conjointly extendingthrough alined slots in the several blades, and a 'tubular frontalportion ofk considerably greater diameter than the Width'of one of thesaid slots, the said frontal portion bearing rearwardly against theU-backs of the blades; the

portions of the said two contiguous webs which are within the interiorof each U-sectioned blade being segments of a lhollow sphere disposedVrespectively at opposite sides of the plane of the contiguous faces ofthe 'said two webs and conf vexed toward the inner face of the U-back ofthe blade.

6. A metal grille comprising spaced and sub- .slots.

rearwardly into them; andrornamenting members each comprising inintegral formation a rearwardly slitted vtubular frontal portionextending "in front of the blades and of greater diameter than., i y

the width of a slot, and two overlapping flat webs extending rearwardsrespectively from theA slit stantially parallel blades,`the saidf'bladeshaving ,I alined and counterpart transverse slots extending edges of thesaid frontal portion; the said-'overlapping webs of each ornamentingmember .ex-l

tending through alned slots in the several blades, and the jointthickness of the said kwebs being substantially equal to the width ofone of the said 7. A metal grille as per claim 6, in` which the width ofeach of the said webs of the ornamenting members correspondssubstantially to the extreme depth of one of the said s1ots,and inwhich4 the overlapping websy of each ornamenting meme.

ber have their free edges engagingv the bottoms of the blade-slotsthrough which these webs extend. i f LEE B. GREEN.

